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APPENDIX PATENT OFFICE A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1945 Receipts Payments £ £ Patent fees .. .. .. 12,170 Salaries, &c. .. .. .. 4,827 Design fees .. .. .. 203 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 16 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 4,789 Rent, maintenance, and repairs .. 274 :Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 85 Patent Office Journal .. .. 543 Postages, telegrams, and telephones .. 230 Printing and stationery, &c. .. .. 670 Refunds .. .. .. .. 9 Balance, cash in Public Account .. 10,678 £17,247 £17,247 A. H. Ihle, Commissioner of Patents. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years

C. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1914 to 1945 (inclusive)

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Year. Receipts. Payments Surplus. Tear. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1936 13,276 5,222 8,054 ! 1941 13,148 5,713 7,435 1937 13,407 5,623 7,784 | 1942 11,668 5,900 j 5,768 1938 14,754 6,790 7,964 1943 13,657 4,824 | 8,833 1939 14,134 6,846 7,288 1 | 1944 .. 15,631 5,032 10,599 1940 12,241 6,076 6,165 1 1 1945 17,247 6,569 10,678

Year. Patents. Designs. Trademarks. Total. Year. 1 Patents. Designs. Trademarks. Total. 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1939 1,821 137 694 2,652 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1940 1,277 108 626 2,011 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1941 1,214 108 534 1,856 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1942 1,104 60 398 1,562 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1943 1,384 61 678 2,123 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1944 2,045 104 924 3,073 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1945 2,€51 188 1,320 4,159